The horn of the Western Xia army on behalf of the attack sounded, and then more than 7,000 Han troops rushed to the city wall with wooden shields and wooden ladders, while the archers covered by the shields also began to shoot a rain of arrows at the city, suppressing the attacks of the imperial defenders.

In this era, the longest-range range was the large catapult, followed by the Empire's defensive artillery fixed to the city walls.

When the horn of attack of the Western Xia people sounded, Sun Wei, the county guard of Fengxiang, also ordered to open fire!

Fengxiang City is not big, and the walls are not high, but there are still three new revolving large-caliber guns on each wall.

The supreme general of the security army in Fengxiang is a regiment commander, Jiaozhi people, and later changed his name to Meng Zhong, he also retired from the infantry corps because of his age, but his combat experience is extremely rich.

Commander Meng, who was standing at the head of the city, saw that the enemy had entered the range of artillery, and hurriedly shouted: "Open the cannon!" ”

Because of the distance, the artillery this time is placed in the detonation shells, in the face of the overwhelming Western Xia Han army, there is no need to aim, as long as it is fired at a pre-set angle.

After the experienced regimental commander Meng spotted three rounds of artillery bombardment through the binoculars, the archer troops of Western Xia began to cover the city with a rain of arrows, and hurriedly commanded other inexperienced security forces and officials in the city to hide in the fortresses on the city walls, while he and other veterans raised huge shields to protect the artillery around them, allowing them to continue to fire back.

Since the enemy army has arrived at the land of one stone, the artillery of the Imperial army has also been replaced with grapeshotfire with a wide range of damage, and every time a cannon is fired, the enemy can be knocked down in one piece, which can be called a great killing weapon.

If there were more than twenty artillery pieces on the city wall, then it would be completely possible to keep the Tanguts out, but unfortunately there are only three guns now, and because of technical reasons, the current artillery needs to be manually loaded, and the rate of fire is also very slow.

The fortresses at the head of the city were built to hide from attacks, and they were made of reinforced concrete, not to mention bows and arrows, even if a boulder thrown by a catapult would not cause any harm if it was smashed on it.

Commander Meng was afraid that these recruits who had no combat experience would be injured, so he let them go in to avoid the rain of arrows.

Soon the dark clouds of arrows covered the city, and Commander Meng heard the sound of the steel shield on his head crackling, and the familiar feeling suddenly returned, and the blood all over his body began to boil.

Commander Meng and other veterans, who were hiding under the steel shield, did not wait, but looked out cautiously, and then continued to direct the artillery to continue firing.

If you want to resist the tens of thousands of Western Xia troops with a force of 1,000 people, there is definitely no chance of victory, so Commander Meng plans to destroy the enemy army as much as possible, and at present, artillery is the best means of attack.

The rain of arrows of the Tangut people did not last long, after all, the archers were not as good as the infantry of the imperial army equipped with muskets, in addition to the long training time, this class of troops could shoot a number of arrows in each battle, and if there were too many, they would feel sore.

At this time, under the cover of the rain of arrows, the Western Xia Han army ignored the corpses around them and the mourning comrades, rushed to the city wall, and then put the cloud ladder on the wall.

"Come out!" Seeing that the rain of arrows stopped, Commander Meng hurriedly called out the recruits who were hiding, and commanded loudly: "Lower your body and hide in the battlements, and then throw the grenade under the city, remember to pull the string first!" ”

Although these recruits lacked experience, they did not lack martial courage and execution, and after hearing the instructions of the regiment commander and veterans, they hurriedly pulled the basket of grenades and threw them down the city wall.

The grenade, the first weapon of the Imperial Army, was equipped with the whole army, and after several generations of research and evolution, it has become very lethal and very simple and convenient to use.

A large number of grenades were thrown under the city, and the explosion blew up the siege ladder of the Tangut people, and the shrapnel that burst flew in all directions, turning the city into a hell on earth in an instant.

His own losses were very large, but Liu Liang knew the fate of defeat, so he immediately drew his sword and shouted, and ordered his soldiers to continue the onslaught.

Suffering the huge damage of the grenade, the Western Xia Han army desperately climbed along the ladder, while the imperial defenders killed the enemy with muskets, and at this time, the imperial security army in the city also began to suffer casualties.

There were not many soldiers of his own, and Commander Meng could not afford such losses, so he ordered his soldiers to drop barrels of fire oil off the city wall, and then set them on fire with a few grenades.

A fire broke out under the city wall with the sound of explosions, and a scorching wave of air rose into the sky, and the Western Xia soldiers who were besieging the city did not expect the other party to do this, and they were all shrouded in flames, and the wooden ladders were all set on fire.

In the face of the continuous burning fire, no matter how much Liu Liang urged, these soldiers would not rush into the sea of fire, and the battle had to stop.

At this time, Tuoba Ning, who was standing on the high slope in the rear, said to the tribal generals around him in a smug tone: "Now you know why I asked Liu Liang to attack the city, right?" ”

Tuoba Ning looked at Fengxiang City, which was on fire, and said with a sigh: "The armament of the imperial army is too powerful, they can use the advantages of weapons and equipment to kill our Western Xia warriors in large numbers!" ”

Several generals who were previously dissatisfied with Tuoba Ning's arrangement, when they saw the Han army that was burned fiercely at this moment, they couldn't help but be a little afraid, and they all thought that it was fortunate that it was not their own soldiers and horses who went to attack the city.

The fire ignited with fire oil originally did not burn for a long time, but seeing that the Western Xia army had suspended the siege of the city, Commander Meng simply ordered the soldiers to transport the firewood and furniture in the city and throw them down the city, so that the flames could burn for a longer time.

The fire burned for an hour and was not extinguished, which made Liu Liang, who had originally boasted of Haikou, his face extremely ugly, he didn't dare to look at Tuoba Ning and other party members who were watching the battle behind him, and could only hope that the flames would be extinguished as soon as possible......

The sun in the sky continued to emit a scorching light on the battlefield, and a stench emanating from the corpses began to spread, but neither Fengxiang's imperial defenders nor the Tangut people cared about this.

Relying on artillery, grenades, and fire oil, Commander Meng led less than 1,000 security troops to hold on for a day and a night, and it was now noon on the second day.

Wu Liang's 7,000 Han troops were completely abolished after suffering 3,000 casualties, and if it weren't for the generals armed with swords to supervise the battle, it is estimated that they would have scattered and fled long ago.

Although the results of the battle were astonishing, killing and wounding more than three times the enemy troops of their own side, the security forces in the city also lost more than 400 people, which has reached a third of the proportion.

The sharp reduction in numbers was not the most troublesome thing, and there were not many shells left for the artillery, grenades and oil oil, and even bullets for soldiers' rifles.

"Commander, the rest of the brothers have been fighting for a day and a night, and they are all about to fall asleep standing up, and I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the next wave of attacks from the Tanguts. And we are also running out of ammunition. ”

How can Head Meng not know these difficulties?

After hearing these words, he could only sigh: "Concentrate all the fire oil in the city, and set it on fire again, and let the brothers sleep for a while the fire burns and the enemy army does not dare to attack the city." ”

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